Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	42.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 16:02
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 256 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 661 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 92.1 Reflection 135 Parallax 82.9 75% 103 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.1 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,090 Write 937 Mixed 434 181% 820 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 49.4 194% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 1,006 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 710 590% 852 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 473 474 477 479 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 456 Mixed 370 SusWrite 474 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 53.2 186% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 59GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 473 474 477 410 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 456 Mixed 376 SusWrite 418 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.7 215% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 723GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 145 144 146 148 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 108 Write 90.6 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 146 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 158 156 157 156 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 132 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 156 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 98%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 107 108 112 112 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 83.9 Write 89.4 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 106 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 122 123 121 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65% Good	Read 105 Write 97.2 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 121 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-16GVK F4-2400C15-8GVS F4-3200C16-16GVK F4-2400C15-8GVS 48GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 97%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16